The Rise of Unproven Medical Claims in Workers’ Compensation
Challenges to Established Practices In general, workers’ compensation systems will not cover experimental medical procedures or treatments. This is because these procedures have not yet been proven to be safe or effective and therefore may not be considered “reasonable and necessary” medical treatment for a work-related injury or illness. However, with the unfettered access to medical literature, and the use of artificial intelligence platforms, injured employees have decided that this experimental…